Plant: Shrubs, stoloniferous, with vertical stems to 15 cm tall Leaves: odd-pinnate, 15-30 cm long, dull above, papillose and paler green below; leaflets (3-)5-7, ovate, subequal, 20-75 mm long; bases rounded or subcordate, often asymmetrical; apices rounded or obtuse, rarely subacute; veins prominent; teeth of leaflet margin 6-10 pairs Inflorescence: racemose, 5-8 cm long, (10-)15-30-flowered; racemes 3-7 per leaf axil; pseudopedicels 5-8(-11) mm long; bracts 1.5 mm long; bracteoles absent Flowers: outer sepals ovate, 2 mm long; median sepals oblong, 3-5 mm long; inner sepals obovate, 6-8 mm long; petals oblong-obovate, 5-7 mm long, the apices deeply incised with two acute lobes; filaments bearing 2 lateral teeth at apex Fruit: FRUITS berries, globose, pruinose, blue, 8-9 mm long, 6-9 mm wide; SEEDS reniform, shiny, reddish-brown, 5-7 mm long Misc: Coniferous forests; 1500-2600 m (5000-8500 ft); Apr-Jun REFERENCES: Laferrière, Joseph E. 2001. Berberidaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 26(1).